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ASAP
2000
IEEE
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Contention-Conscious Transaction Ordering in Embedded Multiprocessors
This paper explores the problem of efficiently ordering interprocessor communication operations in statically-scheduled multiprocessors for iterative dataflow graphs. In most digi...
Mukul Khandelia, Shuvra S. Bhattacharyya
ASAP
2000
IEEE
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A Hardware Algorithm for Variable-Precision Logarithm
This paper presents an e cient hardware algorithm for variable-precision logarithm. The algorithm uses an iterative te chnique that employs table lookups and polynomial approximat...
Javier Hormigo, Julio Villalba, Michael J. Schulte
ASAP
2000
IEEE
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Subword Permutation Instructions for Two-Dimensional Multimedia Processing in MicroSIMD Architectures
MicroSIMD architectures incorporating subword parallelism are very efficient for application-specific media processors as well as for fast multimedia information processing in gen...
Ruby B. Lee
ASAP
2000
IEEE
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Tradeoff Analysis and Architecture Design of a Hybrid Hardware/Software Sorter
Sorting long sequences of keys is a problem that occurs in many different applications. For embedded systems, a uniprocessor software solution is often not applicable due to the l...
Marcus Bednara, Oliver Beyer, Jürgen Teich, R...
ASAP
2000
IEEE
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High Level Modeling for Parallel Executions of Nested Loop Algorithms
High level modeling and (quantitative) performance analysis of signal processing systems requires high level models for the applications(algorithms) and the implementations (archi...
Ed F. Deprettere, Edwin Rijpkema, Paul Lieverse, B...
IH
2001
Springer
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Intellectual Property Metering
Abstract. We have developed the first hardware and software (intellectual property) metering scheme that enables reliable low overhead proofs for the number of manufactured parts a...
Farinaz Koushanfar, Gang Qu, Miodrag Potkonjak
ICES
2001
Springer
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Two-Step Incremental Evolution of a Prosthetic Hand Controller Based on Digital Logic Gates
Abstract. Evolvable Hardware (EHW) has been proposed as a new method for designing systems for real-world applications. In this paper it is applied for evolving a prosthetic hand c...
Jim Torresen
ICES
2001
Springer
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Polymorphic Electronics
This paper introduces the concept of polymorphic electronics (polytronics) –referring to electronics with superimposed built-in functionality. A function change does not require ...
Adrian Stoica, Ricardo Salem Zebulum, Didier Keyme...
ICES
2001
Springer
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A Self-Repairing and Self-Healing Electronic Watch: The BioWatch
Abstract. The Embryonics project is inspired by some of the basic processes of molecular biology, such as the embryonic development of living beings. Transposing these processes in...
André Stauffer, Daniel Mange, Gianluca Temp...
ICES
2001
Springer
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Evolutionary Design Calibration
Abstract. Evolutionary methods are now beginning to be used routinely in design applications. However, even with computing speeds growing continuously, for many complex design prob...
Thorsten Schnier, Xin Yao